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Paleontology, palaeontology or [palæontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils.[1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because mankind has encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1986.


Molluscs

Bivalves

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Buluniella[2]

gen et sp nov

nomen dubium

Jermak

Early Cambrian

"northern Siberia"

 Russia

possible jr synonym of Pojetaia

Jellia[2]

gen et sp nov

not valid

Li & Zhou

Early Cambrian

Henan province

 China

jr synonym of Pojetaia runnegari

Dinosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[3]

Name Status Authors Notes Images

Avaceratops[4]

Valid taxon

  • Dodson

Baryonyx[5]

Valid taxon

Conchoraptor[6]

Valid taxon

Frenguellisaurus

Jr. synonym of Herrerasaurus

Lapparentosaurus[7]

Valid taxon

Siamosaurus[8]

Valid taxon

  • Eric Buffetaut
  • Ingavat

Xenotarsosaurus[9]

Valid taxon

  • Martinez
  • Gimenez
  • Rodriguez
  • Bochatey

Newly named birds

Name Status Novelty Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Asiavis phosphatica [10]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Lev A. Nessov

Middle Eocene

 USSR:

 Uzbekistan

Described as Gruiformes, family Incertae Sedis, transferred by Panteleyev, 2000 to the Anatidae, Cygninae [11]

Bubo insularis [12]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Cécile Mourer-Chauviré

Peter D. M. Weesie

Late Pleistocene

MQ 1a

 France:

 Corsica;

 Italy:

 Sardinia

A Strigidae.

Eopuffinus kazachstanensis [10]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Lev A. Nessov

Late Paleocene

 USSR:

 Kazakhstan

A Procellariidae, this is the type species of the new genus.

Eurolimnornis corneti [13]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Jenö Kessler

Tibor Jurcsák

Early Cretaceous

Wealden Stage

 Romania

A Eurolimnornithiformes Bock et Bühler, 1996, Eurolimnornithidae Kessler et Jurcsák, 1986, the 1984 names are Nomina Nuda, Bock et Bühler, 1996 [14] solved the taxonomy of these birds, this is the type species of the new genus.

Gallirallus ripleyi [15]

Valid

Sp. nov.

David W. Steadman

Holocene

Cook Islands, Mangaia

 Cook Islands

A Rallidae.

Ichthyornis maltshevskyi [10]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Lev A. Nessov

Late Cretaceous

Coniacian,

Bissekty Formation

 USSR:

 Uzbekistan

Described as an Ichthyornithidae, transferred to the Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Alexornithidae Brodkorb, 1976, Gobipteryginae Elzanowski, 1974 by Kurochkin, 1996, this is the type species of the new genus Lenesornis Kurochkin, 1996. [16]

Nanantius eos [17]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Ralphe E. Molnar

Early Cretaceous

Albian,

Toolebuc Formation

 Australia:

 Queensland

An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Alexornithidae Brodkorb, 1976, Gobipteryginae Elzanowski, 1974.

Palaeocursornis biharicus [13]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Jenö Kessler

Tibor Jurcsák

Early Cretaceous

Wealden Stage

 Romania

A Eurolimnornithiformes Bock et Bühler, 1996, Eurolimnornithidae Kessler et Jurcsák, 1986, the 1984 names are Nomina Nuda, Bock et Bühler, 1996 [14] solved the taxonomy of these birds, this is the type species of the new genus.

Pliogyps charon [18]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Jonathan J. Becker

Late Miocene

Alachua Formation

 USA:

 Florida

A Cathartidae, this is the type species of the new genus.

Porzana rua [15]

Valid

Sp. nov.

David W. Steadman

Holocene

Cook Islands,

Mangaia

 Cook Islands

A Rallidae.

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Name Status Authors Notes

Tuarangisaurus

Valid

Wiffen Moisley

Valid

Pterosaurs

New taxa

Name Status Authors Notes

Phobetor

Valid

Bakhurina

Pricesaurus

Valid

Bonaparte Sanchez, T.M

Synapsids

Mammals

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Hulitherium tomasetti

Valid taxon

Bernard Tomasetti & Plane

Pleistocene

New Guinea

Plants

Pinophyta

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Abies milleri[20]

sp nov

Valid

Schorn & Wehr

Ypresian

Tom Thumb Tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation

 USA

One of the oldest fir species

References

  1. Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.
  2. 1 2 Elicki, O.; Gürsu, S. (2009). "First record of Pojetaia runnegari Jell, 1980 and Fordilla Barrande, 1881 from the Middle East (Taurus Mountains, Turkey) and critical review of Cambrian bivalves" (PDF). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 83 (2): 267–291. doi:10.1007/s12542-009-0021-9.
  3. Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  4. Dodson, P. 1986. Avaceratops lammersi: a new ceratopsid from the Judith River Formation of Montana. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 138: pp. 305-317.
  5. Charig, A.J. and A.C. Milner. 1986. Baryonyx, a remarkable new theropod dinosaur. Nature 324 (6095): pp. 359-361.
  6. Barsbold, R. 1986. [Raubdinosaurier Oviraptoren]. In: Vorobyeva, E. I. (ed.). Herpetologische Untersuchungen in der Mongolischen Volksrepublik. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. Inst. Evolyucionnoy Morfologii i Ekologil Zhivotnykh im. A. M. Severtsova, Moskva: pp.210-223.
  7. Bonaparte, J.F. 1986. The early radiation and phylogenetic relationships of the Jurassic sauropod dinosaurs, based on vertebral anatomy. In: The beginnings of the age of dinosaurs (K. Padian, ed.). Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, UK: pp. 247-258.
  8. Buffetaut, E. and R. Ingevat. 1986. Unusual theropod dinosaur teeth from the Upper Jurassic of Phu Wiang northeastern Thailand. Rev. Paleobiol. 5: pp. 217-220.
  9. Martinez, R, O. Gimenez, J. Rodriguez, and G. Bochatey. 1985. Xenotarsosaurus bonapartei nov. gen. et sp. (Carnosauria, Abelisauridae) un nuevo Theropoda de la Formacion Bajo Barrel Chubut, Argentina. Actas IV Congreso Argentino de Paleontoloiga y Bioestratigraffa 2: pp. 23-31.
  10. 1 2 3 Lev A. Nessov (1986). "Pervaya nakhodka pozdnemelovoy ptitsy-ikhtiornisa v starom svete i nekotoryye drugiye kosti ptits iz mela i paleogena Sredney Azii. [The first Find of the Late Cretaceous Bird, Ichthyornis, in the Old World, and Some Other Bird Bones from the Cretaceous and Paleogene of Middle Asia.] [in Russian, with English summ.]". Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 147: 31–38.
  11. Andrey V. Panteleyev (2000). "The Systematic Position of the Eocene Bird Asiavis phosphatica". Zoosystematica Rossica 8 (2): 351–352.
  12. Cécile Mourer-Chauviré & Peter D. M. Weesie (1986). "Bubo insularis n. sp., Forme Endemique Inlaire de Grande-Duc (Aves, Strigiformes) du Pleistocene de Sardaigne et de Corse" (PDF). Revue de Paléobiologie 5: 197–205.
  13. 1 2 Jenö Kessler & Tibor Jurcsák (1986). "New Contributions to the Knowledge of the Lower Cretaceous Bird Remains from Cornet (Romania)" (PDF). Travaux du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 28: 289–295.
  14. 1 2 Walter J. Bock & Paul Bühler (1996). "Nomenclature of Cretaceous Birds from Romania" (PDF). Cretaceous Research 17: 509–514. doi:10.1006/cres.1996.0031.
  15. 1 2 David W. Steadman (1986). "Two New Species of Rails (Aves: Rallidae) from Mangaia, Southern Cook Islands" (PDF). Pacific Science 40 (1-4): 38–54.
  16. Evgeny N. Kurochkin (1996). "A New Enantiornithid of the Mongolian Late Cretaceous, and a General Appraisal of the Infraclass Enantiornithes". Palaeontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moskou, Special Isue 1996: 1–50.
  17. Ralphe E. Molnar (1986). "An Enantiornithine Bird from the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia". Nature 322: 736–738. doi:10.1038/322736a0.
  18. Jonathan J. Becker (1986). "A New Vulture (Vulturidae: Pliogyps) from the Late Miocene of Florida" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 99 (3): 502–508.
  19. 1 2 3 4 Wellnhofer, Peter (1991). "Summary of Triassic Pterosaurs." The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pterosaurs. London, UK: Salamander Books Limited. p. 67. ISBN 0-86101-566-5.
  20. Schorn, H.E.; Wehr, W.C. (1986). "Abies milleri, sp. nov., from the middle Eocene Klondike Mountain Formation, Republic, Ferry County, Washington.". Burke Museum Contributions in Anthropology and Natural History 1: 1–7.
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